Art materials

Techniques and materials related to art: ...more on Wikipedia about "Art techniques and materials"

Bantamwork in 18th century England signified a particular style of export lacquerware. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bantamwork"

Bisque is a fired piece (bisquette) of unglazed clay used to make pottery, figurines, dolls, knickknacks, ornaments etc. This porous, vitreous ceramic can be created using heat, which causes a chemical reaction (dehydroxylation) in clay (e.g. kaolinite) to irreversibly change: ...more on Wikipedia about "Bisque (pottery)"

A relatively new trend in contemporary art is to use body fluids in art. Examples include: ...more on Wikipedia about "Body fluids in art"

Bristol board is a stiff material used for technical drawing, illustration, and other two-dimensional art forms. Bristol board provides two working surfaces, front and back. The original bristol board was made in Bristol, England and was a pasted board made of paper containing rags. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bristol board"

Bronze is the usual English term for a broad range of alloys of copper, primarily with tin as the main additive, but also with other elements. First used in the Bronze Age, it made tools, weapons and armor harder or more durable than their stone and copper predecessors. In early use, the natural impurity arsenic made the alloy even harder; this is termed arsenical bronze, which Ötzi's axe is made of. The earliest bronzes date to the late 4th millennium BC in Susa (Iran) and some ancient sites in Luristan (Iran) and Mesopotamia (Iraq). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bronze"

Candelilla wax is a wax derived from the leaves of a small shrub native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Euphorbia cerifera and Euphorbia antisyphilitica, from the family Euphorbiaceae. It is yellowish-brown, hard, brittle and opaque to translucent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Candelilla wax" The text you are reading is from shortopedia shortopedia

Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents of animal and vegetable substances. It is usually produced by heating wood in the absence of oxygen (see char), but sugar charcoal, bone charcoal (which contains a great amount of calcium phosphate), and others can be produced as well. The light, black, porous material is 85% to 98% carbon, the remainder consisting of volatile chemicals and ash, and resembles coal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charcoal"

Clay is a generic term for an aggregate of hydrous silicate particles less than 4 μm ( micrometres) in diameter. Clay consists of a variety of phyllosilicate minerals rich in silicon and aluminium oxides and hydroxides which include variable amounts of structural water. Clays are generally formed by the chemical weathering of silicate-bearing rocks by carbonic acid, but some are formed by hydrothermal activity. Clays are distinguished from other small particles present in soils such as silt by their small size, flake or layered shape, affinity for water and high plasticity index. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clay"

Clay (Industrial plasticine) is a modelling material which is mainly used by automotive design studios; ...more on Wikipedia about "Clay (industrial plasticine)"

Conté, also known as Conté sticks or crayons, are a drawing medium composed of compressed powdered graphite or charcoal mixed with a wax or clay base, square in cross-section. They were invented in 1795 by Nicolas-Jacques Conté, who created the combination of clay and graphite in response to the shortage of graphite caused by the Napoleonic Wars. Conté crayons had the advantage of being cost-effective to produce, and easy to manufacture in controlled grades of hardness. They are now more commonly made of a variety of fabricated chalk. (http://www.nyu.edu/classes/miller/guide/contcr.html) ...more on Wikipedia about "Conté"

Copal is a type of resin, sometimes referred to as pom (the Maya language name). The word is derived from the Nahuatl language word copalli, meaning incense. It is sometimes likened to, or substituted for, amber and put in jewellery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copal"

A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other material used for writing and drawing. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crayon"

Dick Blick Art Materials is a retail and catalog operation that supplies artists and school art programs. It was founded as a mail order business by Dick Blick in 1911 and purchased by Robert Metzenberg in 1948. Its central warehouse and distribution center have always been located in Galesburg, Illinois. Corporate offices are in Highland Park, Illinois. The company operates 33 retail stores in the United States, including 11 that were purchased from The Art Store in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dick Blick Art Materials"

A drying oil is an oil which hardens to a tough, solid film after a period of exposure to air. The term "drying" is actually somewhat of a misnomer, since the oil does not harden through the evaporation of water, but through a chemical reaction in which oxygen is absorbed from the environment ( oxidation). Heat and light speed up this reaction. Drying oils are a key component of oil paint and many varnishes. Some commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, tung oil, poppy seed oil and walnut oil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drying oil"

An eraser ( American English), primarily known as a rubber in British and Commonwealth English, is an article of stationery that is used for removing pencil writings. (When used as a count noun, the term 'rubber' in American English is usually a slang term for condom.) Erasers have a rubbery consistency, and they are often white, brown or pink although with modern materials they can be any colour at all. Many pencils are equipped with an eraser on one end. Expensive erasers may contain vinyl or plastic materials in addition to rubber. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eraser"

A fixative is a stabilizing or preservative agent. There are several different compounds called fixatives: ...more on Wikipedia about "Fixative"

Found objects are materials 'found' (such as pebbles, industrial cast-offs, candy wrappers) and not specifically made for artistic purposes (such as inks, paints, and crayons) but which are nonetheless found to have aesthetic appeal. Some people collect these objects. Others use them to make art. Such art is called found art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Found objects"

Glass art includes the creation of stained glass and the making of glass shapes through glass blowing. It dates back to prehistoric times, was extensively developed in Egypt and Assyria, brought to the fore by the Romans, and had its greatest triumphs in European cathedral building in stained glass rose-windows. Great ateliers like Tiffany, Lalique, Daum, Galle, the Corning schools in upper New York state, and Stubbe glassworks took glass art to the highest levels. Murano glass has not kept pace with production, but is still home to more glass masters than any other single place on Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glass art"

Glitter is the word used to describe an assortment of very small (roughly 1 mm²) pieces of paper or plastic, used for various functions in art, craft, and design. These are painted in various colours, including metallic, neon and iridescent varieties. Glitter is usually stored in canisters somewhat similar to salt shakers, which have several openings that control the flow of glitter. These canisters may contain one, or many colours, and it is not at all uncommon for these to be reused, or for glitter from other containers to be combined into a larger one. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glitter"

Gouache (from the Italian guazzo, "water paint, splash") is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. Gouache differs from watercolour in that the particles are larger, the ratio of pigment to water is much higher, and the presence of an inert white pigment such as chalk. This makes gouache heavier and more opaque, with greater reflective qualities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gouache"

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Graphite (named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789, from the Greek γραφειν: "to draw/write", for its use in pencils) is one of the allotropes of carbon. Unlike diamond, graphite is a conductor, and can be used, for instance, as the material in the electrodes of an electrical arc lamp. Graphite holds the distinction of being the most stable form of solid carbon ever discovered. ...more on Wikipedia about "Graphite"

Inkstone is a mill of inkstick and container of ink. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inkstone"

An inkwell is a small jar or container, often made of glass, ceramic, or pewter, that is used for holding ink in a place convenient for the person who is writing. The artist or writer dips his brush or dip pen into the inkwell as needed or uses the inkwell as the source for filling the reservoir of his fountain pen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inkwell"

Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, etc. Prior to the introduction of plastics, it was used for billiard balls, piano keys, buttons and ornamental items. The word "ivory" was traditionally applied to the tusks of elephants. Plastics have been viewed by piano purists as an inferior ivory substitute on piano keys, although other recently developed materials more closely resemble the feel of real ivory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ivory"

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